This conceptual paper discusses issues associated with the career management and development of a... more This conceptual paper discusses issues associated with the career management and development of academics in UK higher education institutions, specifically within those that gained university status during or shortly after 1992; the so called ‘new universities’. We call into question the perceived control academic employees possess over their own career trajectories and career development within these organisations. We suggest that academics are now more than ever knowingly, and to some extent, willingly prepared to endure excessive work and study pressures in their attempts to progress, or merely survive in this knowledge economy. Adopting a critical management studies (CMS) stance and through the lens of labour process theory (LPT) the role of academics within this new university environment is investigated. Drawing from the focus on career development (CD) of Grey (1994), Fournier (1998) and more recently Mills et al in 2014 a new concept of critical career development (CCD) is introduced.
Abstract: Third and last of a series of articles examining the case for competence-based qualific... more Abstract: Third and last of a series of articles examining the case for competence-based qualifications in the UK. Reviews the previous two articles prior to identifying strengths in the competence philosophy and methodology and weaknesses in established practice. ...
Introduction The competence philosophy is now making itself felt across all sectors of the econom... more Introduction The competence philosophy is now making itself felt across all sectors of the economy and within all levels of occupations. In the first three-quarters of 1991/92 over 91,000 National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ)-recognized qualifications had been ...
This is the second article in a series of three which address the question of whether the move to... more This is the second article in a series of three which address the question of whether the move to competence-based qualifications is likely to bring improvements over established practice. Our approach in the first two articles is to play "devil's advocate" in terms of ...
The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concep... more The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concept of the corporate university to be developed. This contribution is in the form of a conceptual framework, drawing on the significant concepts of knowledge management, ...
Highlights the rapidly growing market for corporate management education, and the emerging role b... more Highlights the rapidly growing market for corporate management education, and the emerging role business schools are playing in this market. The article draws on 30 interviews conducted with both HR managers and academics from both new and traditional universities. The ...
This article draws upon case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three sm... more This article draws upon case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north west of England. It positions the case-study work within an overall framework of doctoral research and summarizes the research design; discusses the characteristics and values of small organizations and how they influence HRD policies and practices: presents findings and conclusions about HRD in the case-study organizations, focusing in particular upon one case in the voluntary sector; compares and contrasts the different models of HRD in the three cases; and concludes with some suggestions for further research.
This article introduces the Investors in People (IIP) Small Business Handicap Hurdle Model. The... more This article introduces the Investors in People (IIP) Small Business Handicap Hurdle Model. The model represents a significant outcome of a survey carried out within small organizations in the north west of England during 1996. The survey was a preliminary phase of a major ...
Abstract: The paper draws on case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within thr... more Abstract: The paper draws on case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north-west of England. It positions the investigations within an overall framework of doctoral research, defines how the term small to medium-...
The first of a series of three articles examining the role of higher education in preparing gradu... more The first of a series of three articles examining the role of higher education in preparing graduates for self-managing their careers, with particular reference to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as potential employers. Examines key trends in the graduate labour market, ...
Reports the results of empirical research into the graduate recruitment and selection practices a... more Reports the results of empirical research into the graduate recruitment and selection practices adopted by SMEs, and the skills being sought by employers in that sector. Describes in detail the research methods, which included interviews with large organisations to determine, ...
This paper provides an overview of the role and contribution of mentoring in the context of a deg... more This paper provides an overview of the role and contribution of mentoring in the context of a degree programme in which students spend their second and third years in-company. As well as describing the process within the context of the degree, the paper examines the particular mentoring ...
Draws on previous research undertaken by the authors which examined the notion of graduate career... more Draws on previous research undertaken by the authors which examined the notion of graduate careers from the perspective of three stakeholders, namely students, higher education institutions and small businesses. Central to the research was the notion of transferable skills and ...
... TAIT, J. & KNIGHT, P. (Eds) (1996) The Management of Independent Learning(Lon... more ... TAIT, J. & KNIGHT, P. (Eds) (1996) The Management of Independent Learning(London, Kogan Page), p. 27. TRAPP, R. (1996) A ticket to successto a degree, The Independent, 5 December. ...Jim Stewart, Reader in HRD, Nottingham Business School.
Abstract: This final article in a series of three provides an interpretation of the research find... more Abstract: This final article in a series of three provides an interpretation of the research findings reported in the second article against the conceptual models described in the first. This provides support for the view that HEIs have a role in developing both “self-...
This conceptual paper discusses issues associated with the career management and development of a... more This conceptual paper discusses issues associated with the career management and development of academics in UK higher education institutions, specifically within those that gained university status during or shortly after 1992; the so called ‘new universities’. We call into question the perceived control academic employees possess over their own career trajectories and career development within these organisations. We suggest that academics are now more than ever knowingly, and to some extent, willingly prepared to endure excessive work and study pressures in their attempts to progress, or merely survive in this knowledge economy. Adopting a critical management studies (CMS) stance and through the lens of labour process theory (LPT) the role of academics within this new university environment is investigated. Drawing from the focus on career development (CD) of Grey (1994), Fournier (1998) and more recently Mills et al in 2014 a new concept of critical career development (CCD) is introduced.
Abstract: Third and last of a series of articles examining the case for competence-based qualific... more Abstract: Third and last of a series of articles examining the case for competence-based qualifications in the UK. Reviews the previous two articles prior to identifying strengths in the competence philosophy and methodology and weaknesses in established practice. ...
Introduction The competence philosophy is now making itself felt across all sectors of the econom... more Introduction The competence philosophy is now making itself felt across all sectors of the economy and within all levels of occupations. In the first three-quarters of 1991/92 over 91,000 National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ)-recognized qualifications had been ...
This is the second article in a series of three which address the question of whether the move to... more This is the second article in a series of three which address the question of whether the move to competence-based qualifications is likely to bring improvements over established practice. Our approach in the first two articles is to play "devil's advocate" in terms of ...
The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concep... more The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concept of the corporate university to be developed. This contribution is in the form of a conceptual framework, drawing on the significant concepts of knowledge management, ...
Highlights the rapidly growing market for corporate management education, and the emerging role b... more Highlights the rapidly growing market for corporate management education, and the emerging role business schools are playing in this market. The article draws on 30 interviews conducted with both HR managers and academics from both new and traditional universities. The ...
This article draws upon case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three sm... more This article draws upon case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north west of England. It positions the case-study work within an overall framework of doctoral research and summarizes the research design; discusses the characteristics and values of small organizations and how they influence HRD policies and practices: presents findings and conclusions about HRD in the case-study organizations, focusing in particular upon one case in the voluntary sector; compares and contrasts the different models of HRD in the three cases; and concludes with some suggestions for further research.
This article introduces the Investors in People (IIP) Small Business Handicap Hurdle Model. The... more This article introduces the Investors in People (IIP) Small Business Handicap Hurdle Model. The model represents a significant outcome of a survey carried out within small organizations in the north west of England during 1996. The survey was a preliminary phase of a major ...
Abstract: The paper draws on case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within thr... more Abstract: The paper draws on case-study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north-west of England. It positions the investigations within an overall framework of doctoral research, defines how the term small to medium-...
The first of a series of three articles examining the role of higher education in preparing gradu... more The first of a series of three articles examining the role of higher education in preparing graduates for self-managing their careers, with particular reference to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as potential employers. Examines key trends in the graduate labour market, ...
Reports the results of empirical research into the graduate recruitment and selection practices a... more Reports the results of empirical research into the graduate recruitment and selection practices adopted by SMEs, and the skills being sought by employers in that sector. Describes in detail the research methods, which included interviews with large organisations to determine, ...
This paper provides an overview of the role and contribution of mentoring in the context of a deg... more This paper provides an overview of the role and contribution of mentoring in the context of a degree programme in which students spend their second and third years in-company. As well as describing the process within the context of the degree, the paper examines the particular mentoring ...
Draws on previous research undertaken by the authors which examined the notion of graduate career... more Draws on previous research undertaken by the authors which examined the notion of graduate careers from the perspective of three stakeholders, namely students, higher education institutions and small businesses. Central to the research was the notion of transferable skills and ...
... TAIT, J. & KNIGHT, P. (Eds) (1996) The Management of Independent Learning(Lon... more ... TAIT, J. & KNIGHT, P. (Eds) (1996) The Management of Independent Learning(London, Kogan Page), p. 27. TRAPP, R. (1996) A ticket to successto a degree, The Independent, 5 December. ...Jim Stewart, Reader in HRD, Nottingham Business School.
Abstract: This final article in a series of three provides an interpretation of the research find... more Abstract: This final article in a series of three provides an interpretation of the research findings reported in the second article against the conceptual models described in the first. This provides support for the view that HEIs have a role in developing both “self-...
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